Mon 05 July 2021:
China launched a new meteorological satellite, Fengyun-3E (FY-3E), into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday, state-run media said.
The satellite is equipped with 11 remote sensing payloads expected to “improve the accuracy of weather forecasting,” according to Xinhua news. It was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gobi Desert, northwest China.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) said the meteorological satellite “is designed with a lifespan of eight years and will mainly obtain the atmospheric temperature, humidity, and other meteorological parameters for numerical prediction applications, improving China’s weather forecast capacity.”
With the use of this new satellite, the Chinese space authorities will be able to monitor and report the global snow and ice coverage, sea surface temperature, natural disasters, and ecology “to better respond to climate change and prevent and mitigate meteorological disasters.”
“The satellite will monitor solar and space environments and their effects, as well as ionospheric data to meet the needs of space weather forecasts and supporting services,” CNSA added.
China launches new meteorological satellite pic.twitter.com/eHfYX96x0z
— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) July 5, 2021
In the future, the observation data of FY-3E will be available to the whole world, which will improve the accuracy and efficiency of global numerical weather prediction, and is of great significance to the improvement of global Earth observation.
Meanwhile, three Chinese astronauts on Sunday completed “all tasks for their first extravehicular activities in space.”
China sent the astronauts into space aboard the Shenzhou-12 spaceship on June 17.
Two of the three astronauts had stepped out of the Tianhe core module of China’s space station on Sunday, said the China Manned Space Agency.
They installed foot restraints and extravehicular working platforms on the mechanical arm for around seven hours.
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